Hello,
For my application I need to handle estimated dates, for example "about Jun. 1940" needs to be accepted as plus or minus 2 years around Jun 1940. Or they could type "about 1940" needs to be accepted as plus or minus 2 years around 1940. Here is the full list of possible formats.
- 1940
- Nov.1940
- Nov. 1940
- 6 Nov.1940
- 6 Nov. 1940
- About (date)
- abt. (Date)
- say (date)
- bef. (date)
- before (date)
- aft. (date)
- After (date)
- between (date) and (date)
- bet. (date) and (date)
I could write my own parser but the issue is it is I am not sure how to deal with the weird spans. For example if they say about 1940 I need to say from 1938-1942. Or for June 1940 I need to say June 1 1940 to June 30 1940. I want to be able to search this really well so that is why I am converting everything to date times. Are there any gems to deal with this or any ideas on the best way in the db to handle this?
I have tried Chronic but it parses incorrectly, for example if you put in "1940" it thinks that is today at 19:40.
Any ideas?
Thanks.